This article title may be asking a strange question, but it really menat by “When to list an item on eBay”, I mean:

When is it Best for Your Listings to Finish?

These two questions are one and the same thing. The bulk eBay activity happens in the last few hours, if not minutes, of each listing. This is due to a well used tactic called sniping - where bidders place their bids in teh dying moments of a listing so as to leave as little time as possible for others potential bidders to respond to your bids. To make the most of your auctions, you need to bear this tactic in mind, and make sure that your items finish during a period of optimum activity and traffic from your prospective bidders. This will ensure that you maximise the amount of bidders viewing the most important period of your auctions, and hence you will have the largest possible audience for your auctions.

Having your auctions finish at the peak eBay viewing period is the simple solution here. Having your auctions finishing during the daytime at the weekend is the obvious time period. This has been seen time and again across the majority of Internet browsing and eBay trends. So, the rule to follow here is:

Schedule your auctions so they end during the afternoon or evening at weekends

Using that idea as a principal, you should list your items at the following times dependant on the length of auction:

* 1 day auction - Friday or Saturday afternoon or evening

* 3 day listing - Wednesday or Thursday evening / afternoon

* 5 day listing - Monday or Tuesday afternoon / evening

* 7 day auction duration - start on Saturday or Sunday afternoon or evening

* 10 day auction - Wednesday or Thursday afternoon or evening

My personal favourite is using the 10 day auction and starting it at about 5pm on a Thursday. This choice gives you three important benefits to maximise your eBay income for your listings:

1. Your get two full weekends of exposure for your listings - this is when the your listings will have the maximum exposure on eBay

2. This gives you the most amount of time to pick up and find interested parties in your auctions - if they are not yet ready to bid, they can at least Watch the items until they are ready to bid

3. You are finishing your auction at the best time to have the most potential viewers on eBay - 5pm on Sunday.

Timing is important on eBay, remember this and your auctions will get more of the potential they deserve.

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